Milking-stool



(No Model.)

S. P. PERRY.

MILKING STOOL.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883..

INVENTU.

;MMM

h UNITED STATS vPATENT FFIC.

SAMUEL R -PERRXF AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MILKiNe-g'srool..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,95`, dated November 6, 1883.

and useful Improvements in Milking-Stools;

' and I declare the following to be a description of my said invention sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable others skilled in the art to which` itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The obj ecis of mypresent inventionare to proi `ride amilking-stool witha pail-holding attachment of improved construction that can be con- 1 5 veniently and quickly adj usted to any required stool.

piece as made of metal and adapted for attachthe pail-holder being in section.

i horizontal section of the metal support-piece, showing the head and screw-hols for attachheight; also, to provide a pail-holding attachment for niilkingstools that can be oheaply manuiactured and conveniently applied to the stool. These objects Iattain by mechanism the nature of which is hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspeotive view of my improved milking-stool. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pa-holder shown separate from the Fig. 4 shows a view of the supportment to an ordinary milking-stool. Fig. 5 shows a plan of the pail-holder in som'ewhat modified construction. Fig. 6 is afront view,

Fig. 7 is a ing it to the under side of the stool-seat. Fig. 8 is a front end view of the pail-holder sepa- Inthe drawings, A denotes the seat, B the legs, O the supporting-piece, which may also,

serve as a leg, and D the pail-holder. The seat A may be of any desired form, and may be provided with two or more 'legs, B. From the front of the stool-seat A, and extending down- -ward in a forwardly-i11clined position, substantially as indicated, is the leg oisupport O, which is provided with aseries of oifsets, lugs,

or notohes, o, (preferably formed or cast in metal, although, if desired, they could be cut in wood,) upon which the pail-holder D is susi taiued and adjusted. The pail-holder D is made to embrace the leg or supportiO, substantially as indicated, and is provided with a transversebolt or bar, d, that engages one-of A the notches c on the frontof the support O, said Application med May 14, 1883. (Nqmoaei.)

lnotoh serving as a fulcrum-bearing, and With asecond bar or lug, f, that rests against the 'back of the support O, so that the pail-holder is held in position by cramping action, the weight and leverage of the longer end of the pail-holderarin D and the weight of the pail thereon acting to cramp the bars d and f against the front and rea-r of the support O and securely sustain the parts at any particular notch c on which the bar d may be placed, thepailholder occupying a position in relation to the seat A as shown. By raising up the forward end of the pail-holder D the bar d can be readily adjusted to either of the lugs or notches a,

so that a milking-pail placed on the outer end of said holder D may be supported at the proper height to suit the particular animal to be 'in Figs. 4, 6, and 7, and with afiat head-plate provided with screw-holes m, or other suitable means whereby it can be readily attached to the seat A in equivalent manner. This latter form of metal support-piece O and the pail holder D can be manufactured and sold separately, if desired, for attachment to ordinary stools to be made by the farmers or to stools now in use. The rear of the support-piece may be provided with a stud or proj eotion, e, to pre-` vent the pail-holder from dropping off at the lower end thereof in case it becomes freed from thenotches c ,when handling the stool.

The support-piece C, as here shown, serves as one leg for the stool; but if applied to a stool having a sufficient number of legs it could be made shorter, if desired.

The pail-holder D, I make as a cross, with a, recessed or bifurcated end for enibracing the support O, and with pins for retaining the p againsttheplain edge of the bracket; or, again, dthe parts could be formed so that the pailholder arm would pass into or through the support, in lieu of the support passing through the pai1-ho1der arm, Without departure from 'the nature of niy invention. I prefer,lhowever, the form shown and descrbed. a

It will be understood that I do not here intend to make claim, broadly, to an adjustable pan-holder, irrespective of the construction and adaptation of the devices to use, as I lam aware that certain kinds of adjnstable pailholders have heretofore been employed for milking-stools,

W'hat I claim as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A milking-stool provided with a` leg beneath the seat having a seriesof lugs or notches, in combination with a pail-holding attachment supported in the manner shown by the leg, any one of the lugs or notches of which is 4:. In a milking-stool, the combination of the seat A, the support O, having a series of ofi'- sets, lugs, or notches, c, and the pail-holder D, provided with the bolts d and f, Whereby said pail-holder is capable of adjustment in connection with said support, as set forth.

Witness my hand this 9th day of May, A; D. 1888. w

` f sAMUEL 1 PERRY.

Vitnesses: w

J ;WALTER SMITH, CHAs. H. BURLEIGH. 

